Introduction

In this tutorial we will see how to get
information about Xilinx products using the Xilinx Documentation. There are
two ways to get the Xilinx documentation: using the Xilinx Website and using
the Xilinx DocNav tool.

Find the documentation using the Xilinx website

If you know the document name or number you
are looking for, you can go on the Xilinx Website main page and type it in the
search bar. For example, if you want the datasheet of the 7 series (DS180) you
can enter “DS180” in the search bar. A page with all the corresponding document
will be displayed.

Figure 1 - Document search using the Xilinx Search
Bar

If you don’t know the document name but you
know the type of document you are looking for, you can go to the Xilinx Support
page and use the categories to find your document.

Figure 2 - Document Search using Browse
Documentation

If you are looking for a content but you
don’t know in which type of document you can find it, you can enter keywords in
the Xilinx search bar and all the documents containing the keywords will be
displayed.

Getting a different version of the
document:

Sometimes, you will want to get a different
version of the document. For example, if you are using Vivado 2015.2 and the
current version is 2016.1 you will need to get the correct version of the User
Guide (UG910) because there are several changes between the two tool releases.
To get a different version, click “See All Versions” in the result page.

Figure 3 - Getting a different version of the
document

Find the documentation using Xilinx DocNav

The Xilinx Documentation Navigator is a
free tool you can install on your computer to access the Xilinx Documentation.

In DocNav, you can use the Search Bar to
find for a document name or number.

Figure 4 - Xilinx DocNav Search Bar

In the basic settings, the Search Bar only
look for the keywords in the document name or number. If you want to search for
the keywords inside the document, select “Search Docs”.

Figure 5 - DocNav Search - Search Docs option

If you want to search for a particular
version of a document, you can use the version selector.